This (cpShell) sounds like OMI but it is not. It is more general than OMI, it allows you to run any shell command from a CP. I believe it is available for both Windows and Solaris. To get more info go to www.buyautomation.com and look for part number Q0301KM. Alain Grumelart Ing. Systems Integration & IT Invensys Systems Canada Inc. Tel: 514 421 4210 ext 8258 Fax: 514 421 8054 = -----Original Message----- From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of dirk.pauwels@xxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 10:21 AM To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [foxboro] hlbl msglin sounds like the OMI (Operator Message Interface) application we use quite intensively. It works quite well, allthough you have to make sure your sequence message looks like this : SENCONF("This is a msge to be acknowledged by the CRO") TO MSSGR1 AFTER 30 GOTO next step; next step being a label somewhere in the code. If you do not do this and the host running the OMI is rebooted or backed up etc...every sequence sending a message through the OMI will lock up.....We purchased a redundant OMI version to solve this but this didn't run like it was supposed to so we're waiting for a new version. Other than that it works perfectly. The message is still there in the background when not confirmed and a new message pops up, when the new msge is confirmed, the older one is still there to be confirmed. Rgds, Dirk Pauwels - DCS/MOC coordinator Engineering dept. Hexion Specialty Chemicals E mail: dirk.pauwels@xxxxxxxxxx T. +32.(0)3.570.95.97 F. +32.(0)3.570.16.09 Mob. +32.(0)497.428.300 = "Grumelart, Alain" <alain.grumelart@ To = ips.invensys.com> <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: cc = foxboro-bounce@fr eelists.org Subject = Re: [foxboro] hlbl msglin = 23-10-2007 16:07 = = Please respond to foxboro@freelists .org = = RE: "Is there a way to kick off a script from a sequence block so that no message gets recorded to the OAJ?" Alex Johnson has this "cpShell" utility which allows just that. It runs on an AW and waits for commands from sequence blocks. You send it a shell command via either SENDCONF or SENDMSG. =3D This mechanism does not depend on any DM or Foxview instance. =3D Alain Grumelart Ing. Systems Integration & IT Invensys Systems Canada Inc. -----Original Message----- From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lowell, Timothy Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 10:40 PM To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [foxboro] hlbl msglin I have a follow-up question on this. We have a sequence block that kicks off a script file every 30 seconds which records the value of some important totalizers into a text file. The idea is, if the CP should fail and set the totalizers to zero, this sequence block will run upon the initialization of the CP and read the text file it has been writing to every 30 seconds and omset the totalizer values back to what they should be. This works well, but the problem is, the sequence code uses the :AW0101DMCMD call to kick off the script, and every time it does, this gets recorded to the OAJ. This means there are 2880 useless messages per day in the OAJ. Is there a way to kick off a script from a sequence block so that no message gets recorded to the OAJ? This script uses wp_applic to invoke the script, and I was wondering if using just applic would work better. Does anyone know? Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Fri Oct 19 21:29:42 2007 Subject: Re: [foxboro] hlbl msglin If memory serves, the object is to have the Sequence block set the DM/FV variable "DMCMD" with the text of a display manager command. That variable can be accessed from outside the DM/FV by using a name which is the DM/FV name followed by the variable name "DMCMD". So, for FoxView name 05WP01, the variable is named 05WP01DMCMD. =3D In Sequence code an OM name is preceded by ":", so the statement to set it is: : 05WP01DMCMD :=3D3D "dmcmd msglin Hola" Be careful to remember that if the DM/FV instance isn't running, the Sequence block gets a -1 error (because the variable doesn't exist), also that it will fail the same way if the DM/FV station is dead or is rebooting, etc. There are also some nodebus conditions =3D which can also make the command fail, at least temporarily, so it is a good idea to have an error handler. William C Ricker FeedForward, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ron Schafer Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 12:17 PM To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [foxboro] hlbl msglin =3D =3D =3D Does anyone know the command for hlbl (ind block) to send text to the message line? =3D Ronald G. 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